STAR WARS The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details & Making Of

STAR WARS The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Things You Missed. We review, recap and explain all the hidden details, bits of trivia and things you missed in George Lucas' classic Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. With Ahsoka now out I thought we'd revisit this to uncover all the details. This film changed cinema and I hope you enjoy all the making of information and our analysis of the film along with us pointing out the major special edition changes and updates.

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Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I'm your host Paul and this video we're breaking down Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back.

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Released back in 1980 this changed the movie industry for the several decades that followed it. It's almost become a catchphrase to describe the darkest chapter in a franchise as being it's quote unquote Empire Strikes Back and there's a lot going on with this movie that's made it's legacy so impactful. Carrying one of the biggest twists and cliffhangers of all time it also revolutionised special effects and it's impossible to deny how impactful this film was.

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[CinHotlanta]

Seriously - the "Bring my shuttle!" is one of the most emotive lines Vader ever had - you *knew* he was *pissed* 😆

[Divadtube]

The raw unnerving dread when Yoda looks so strange at Luke and says "Oh, you will be, you WILL be" was legit scary to me as a kid. I believed every bit of the emphasis Yoda put on those words and it felt so real.

[VaderPopsVicodin]

The best part about Leia calling Han a "Stuck up, half-witted..scruffy-lookin.. Nerfherder!" is the fact that Han's NOT insulted by being called a Nerfherder, but he's more upset about being called "Scruffy-lookin.." 😄

Always loved it..

[No-One-of-Consequence]

Maybe this seems personal, but as an amputee, Luke's ability to recover and become something even greater afterwards was incredibly important to my own survival and progress after I lost my leg.

The presence of amputees in the story was always intriguing but I never knew it would wind up mattering quite so much to me.

[kyledahlquist]

During Covid, the local drive-in theatre started showing classic movies because there obviously weren't any new Hollywood releases. I had the pleasure of seeing The Goonies, Iron Man 1, Gremlins, and most memorably, The Empire Strikes Back. It was surreal, seeing a movie from the 80's at a drive-in. It was like I entered a time warp.

[seanclay]

I've always thought Han's "I know" line was one of the best lines in film history. So brash, so simple, so Solo. It's cheeky, but the serious look on his face conveys such a different, more tragic feeling that it kind of punches you right in the heart.

[scottlarson]

@39:18 The "You're lucky you don't taste very good" got a huge laugh from the audience when I saw it in 1980. I'm amazed that they couldn't spend a few minutes putting that great line back in.

[TreborPaulson]

53:07 Another part I think you kinda glide over here is Han calming down Chewie, who is probably going to die fighting to fulfill his life debt, by telling him to protect the princess.
The same princess that called him a walking carpet. I loved how Lando is pretty terrified of him from then on.

[BatAmerica]

Given how The Empire Strikes Back has been praised in nearly every way, all I will mention is how wonderful these reshoots blend into that ending.

[dbryan]

The asteroid belt is a really under-appreciated sequence. Han's introduction in "Star Wars" (not to be confused with the apocryphal title "A New Hope") began with his bragging about what a great pilot he was. But we'd never really seen it. The closest we'd come was seeing him sucker punch Darth Vader when Vader was zeroing in on Luke over the Death Star. But in the escape from Hoth, all that braggadocio is finally paid off in one of the most aesthetically pleasing space flight sequences in film history. We SEE that Han is every bit the bad ass he claimed as he pushes an entire imperial fleet to the limit.

[SithNerd]

Not only my favorite Star Wars movie. It is my favorite movie of all time. It has the greatest plot twist of all time. It shows that heroes can lose and portray Vader as the baddest baddy in movie history. Yoda's teachings resonate today as they did back in 1980. I can go on for hours on why I love this movie. It is a masterpiece. It is Cinema. Thank you for the fantastic breakdown, Paul. May the force be with you.

[MegatronLife]

Fett's original voice is so much better than Morrison's... there was no need to change it either after the fact. Fett's original voice seemed tight, like it hurt to talk, perhaps his throat had been cut in a previous battle, or he had been hung damaging his vocal chords... the list goes on. So not only did it sound better originally it also added mystery to the character as to why it didn't match the clone voice.

[quiden]

Mark Hamill dropping that flawless Yoda while re-telling the story is insane.

[TheEmpireDabsBack]

The deleted scene with 3PO and the Wampa is probably my favorite deleted scene of the original trilogy. It's hilarious but not in a stupid slapstick way. The troopers were just clearing rooms and that Wampa was literally waiting for them. The way that even Vader rolls up and is like 🤷 "you guys going in there? I'm not going in there... Lets just go"

[mattcliburn]

A hour long breakdown video of Empire strikes back... mind blown...

[deaconblues]

I cant explain how much the original trilogy means to me. I can watch any of the films at any time and all just bring back wonderful memories. I can still and always will remember the first time i saw the first text crawl of starwars in my tv room in the late 80's. Ill always remember that moment.

[AathielVaDaath]

For the record: Frank Oz DID voice Ms Piggy (and Fozzy, not to mention a large number of other Muppets) but Jim Henson was the only voice of Kermit the Frog until Henson's death

[gcheftjgfba]

The part about Boba Fett hearing Luke pull the blaster is such a genius catch. Love it👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯💯💯 as usual

[DplusisD]

I always assumed as a teen when this came out that yoda wasn't even a Jedi at all, he was just this weird force-monk who lived in isolation and understood the force better than anyone else, so the Jedi would send their students to him to have their own understanding improved before returning to their martial training.

[thestarseeker]

Respect to Lynch for understanding his involvement wouldn't necessarily culminate in the best product. Another legend of legends.